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| A street is seen submerged by flood water in Chittagong |
Airport official Mohammad Ullah said a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Dubai landed at the airport at about 7am as the rainwater receded from the runway.
A few minutes later, another flight of the national flag carrier from Dhaka touched down. This flight left for Jeddah, he said.
Later, a flight of Air Arabia landed at the airport from Sharjah and returned to Sharjah.
A total of 10 domestic and international flights took off from and landed at the airport as of 11.40, said Mohamad.
Flight operations were suspended at the airport on Tuesday afternoon as the runway was under water after incessant rains.
Meanwhile, the body of a woman was retrieved from landslide debris in Akbar Shaha Mazar area at about 6.30am today, taking the death toll from landslides and electrocution to 23, said Jasim Uddin, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence in Chittagong.
He said they abandoned the rescue operation in Akbar Shaha Mazar area at 9am.
The death toll in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in south-eastern Bangladesh has risen to 110 as the government called in the army for rescue and relief operations, officials said yesterday.
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| A woman mourns her relative’s death after the landslide in Chittagong |
The deaths were caused by mudslides, flashfloods, electrocution and lightning over the last five days, he said.
The government sent out contingents of soldiers for rescue operations in affected districts of Chittagong, Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar where many people are still marooned by floods.
The army also began distribution of relief materials, he added.
The government opened the National Disaster Response Coordination Centre to monitor the overall flood situation as more areas in the north-east have been inundated due to downpours upstream in the Indian state of Meghalaya.
The Meteorological department in Dhaka forecast that the rainfall would decrease as the storm in the Bay of Bengal is over.